Japanese, Chinese, Korean & Other Literature Books

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics 'Do you understand, sir, do you understand what it means when you have absolutely nowhere to turn?' Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov – an impoverished student drop-out and...

An alarm sounds in the middle of the night for a burglary in progress at a winter-closed campsite in Bred¤ng, outside Stockholm.The police spot a light in one of the farthest caravans and when the officers open the door they are greeted by a...

Discover the Korean cult thriller, for fans of Butter and Killing Eve. A hilariously unsettling tale of love, food and one woman's unconventional quest to support her family by becoming a contract killer._____________I am no ordinary...

The son of a heinous sinner, Medardus is brought up in a monastery to atone for his father’s wicked ways. However, after succumbing to temptation, Medardus himself is lured into a life of sin. A labyrinthine plot sees him embarking on a fantastical...

“The beautiful, horrible world of Mariana Enriquez, as glimpsed in The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, with its disturbed adolescents, ghosts, decaying ghouls, the sad and angry homeless of modern Argentina, is the most exciting discovery...

NOW A MAJOR FILM''With air in its lungs and love in its heart'' Guardian *****An epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breath-taking Italian Alps, about two boys who meet in the same village every summer, and the men they...

With his Odyssey, best-selling author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn has created a momentous new work, hailed by classicists and poets alike – a translation to stand with those of E. V. Rieu and Robert Fagles. Setting aside the streamlining,...

A BARNES AND NOBLE BEST BOOK OF 2025 "Uketsu’s strange riddles are chilling and addictive – I couldn’t put it down." ―R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface "Delightfully...

Winner of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize • Winner of Colombia’s National Novel AwardThis prizewinning novel interweaves four animal odysseys in a gripping, adventurous meditation on migration and displacement in the...

'An elegant, feverish work of psychological literary horror. All Flesh is an absolute masterpiece of repugnantly beautiful prose' Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb 'A brilliant, unsettling creation' Chloe Aridjis, author of The Shadow of the...

Is it wrong to love whatever is beautiful and rich? I love it precisely because it is beautiful, because it is rich — because, I think, it brings joy to my heart. . .On Christmas day, in the flurry of a snow storm, the Huberts discover a ragged...

In a quiet glen beyond the reach of the railway lives a peculiar family who knows the best magic is the kind found in ordinary moments. When Ismay Gebhardt is dismissed from yet another teaching post after an unfortunate accident (which everyone...

While the youth uprising sweeps across Europe, a debate about Franz Kafka appears in student magazines, arguing that publishing the texts Kafka left behind against his will is unfaithful to his legacy. When Kafka's best friend, Brod, is injured in an...

In the mountainous city of Nevers, there lives a professor of literature called Q. He has a dull marriage and a lacklustre career, but also a scrumptious collection of antique dolls locked away in his cupboard. And soon Q lands his crowning acquisition:...

To research his thesis on contemporary agrarian life, anthropology student David Mazon moves from Paris to La Pierre-Saint-Christophe, a village in the marshlands of western France. Determined to capture the essence of rurality, the intrepid scholar...

A dream elegy for the political death of Hong Kong, from the author of Owlish. The city you grew up in is gone, as if sunk to the bottom of the ocean. Though so much has vanished with it - classmates, teachers, counterfeit watches, the erotic toe...

New Novel from the Winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award Introduction by Porochista Khakpour. "One of the most raved-about works of translated fiction this year"―Jonathan Sturgeon, Flavorwire Frontier opens with the story of Liujin, a...

Fourteen tales selected from the breadth of Dazai’s fabled career, some never before seen in English No one really understands how we suffer. One day, when we’re adults, we may come to recall this suffering, this misery, as silly and...

'One of my favourite writers' OLGA RAVN, author of The Wax Child From the award-winning Danish writer: an exquisite portrait of a mother and daughter, exploring all that is said and all that is not. 'Slow your heart, slow your attention span –...

Mitch and Yonko haven’t spoken in a year. As children, they were inseparable, raised together in an orphanage outside Tokyo—but ever since the sudden death of Mitch’s brother, they’ve been mourning in their private ways,...